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. C. S. BALL.

EYEGLASS HOLDER. No. 376,847. Patented Jan. 24, 1888.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN s. BALL, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

EYEGLASS-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3'7 6,847,6lated January 24, 1888; I d I Application filed March 11, 1887. Serial No. 230,547. (No model.)

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN S. BALL, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the'State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction, the utility, and durability of eyeglass-holders, andfor other purposes; and it consists in improving the construction of the hook portion by doubling it back upon itself, so that the two parts thereof are substantially parallel with each other for a portion or their whole length, one of them lying close to the body of the holder, and thereby, in the first place, rendering it at least difficult to bend the hook outward, and in the second place increasing its spring-power to retain the glasses, and also giving a compound spring operating freely and easily both in the insertion and the,

removal of the glasses.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an isometrical'elevationof the holder complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an isometrical elevation of a holder in which the hookiextension is bent outwardly from the hook. Fig. 4 is a like elevation of a holder in which the hook-extension is bent inwardly from the hook and only extends part way to the eye. g

A represents the back, provided with a pin and catch, 1, by which the holder is secured to the clothing. The lower end of this back is bent, as at 2 and 3, and curving thence around and upward, as at 4 and 5, thereby forming a chamber within the bottom of the holder. From the bend 5 it extends upward, and when the desired height is reached it is bent, as at 6, upon itself, and thence extends downward adjacent to the upward extension 7 as in Fig. 1. This downward extension 8 reaches down to the bottom of the holder and enters the slot 9 therein, as shown by the sectional view.

When the eye frame or handle of the glass is inserted at the bend 6, and drawn downward between the back A and the downward extension 8, the resulting compression of this part 8 outward springs it, and this spring action is transmittedthrough the bend into the tion 7, and thence into the bend 4 and curve 5, as the handle or pin inserted eye descends, until it passes the bend2, when the parts return to their normal position. v

The point of part Sis made to play back and forth in the slot 9, or between the curve 2 3 8, whenever the part-8 is sprung.

The eye-handle of the glass lies in the hook or in the chamber at or near the bottom of the I holder.

In all cases the hook proper is constructed V of a piece of metal or other material doubled i to form three or more bars, the parts of which are capable of a compound spring action both when the eyeglass is inserted or removed; or v when the hook catches in the clothing then this compound action prevents the hookfrom being easily bent outward; also, this action prevents the eyeglass from slipping out or 0Ev from the hook accidentally.

In all of the figures I show the pin as formed by bending over backward an extensionof the backs A. In fact, Ishow the whole holder as constructed, stamped out, and bent to shape.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is'

, 1. An eyeglass-holder consisting of a back 1 piecebent to form an eye at its lower end and provided with a pin andcatch and a'hook rising vertically .from the eye and bent downward atthe top to form a spring-extension to the hook,

substantially as described. I

2. The eyeglass-holderherein described,consisting of a back provided with pin and catch,

a hook and an eye integral with each other,

and a downward extension of the hook'substantially parallel with theback and hook, substantially as described.

3. In an eyeglass-holder, the combination-of CALVIN s. BALL. In presence o'f- O. W. SMITH, O..GARLICK. 

